It's time for the 93rd Academy Awards this evening and as with everything else this past year, COVID played a vital role in the movies that were released and held back.
Here are some nominations:
BEST PICTURE
THE FATHER
David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, ProducersJUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, ProducersMANK
Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, ProducersMINARI
Christina Oh, ProducerNOMADLAND
Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, ProducersPROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, ProducersSOUND OF METAL
Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, ProducersTHE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, ProducersACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Riz Ahmed in SOUND OF METAL
Chadwick Boseman in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Anthony Hopkins in THE FATHER
Gary Oldman in MANK
Steven Yeun in MINARI
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sacha Baron Cohen in THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Daniel Kaluuya in JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Leslie Odom, Jr. in ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...
Paul Raci in SOUND OF METAL
Lakeith Stanfield in JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Viola Davis in MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM
Andra Day in THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
Vanessa Kirby in PIECES OF A WOMAN
Frances McDormand in NOMADLAND
Carey Mulligan in PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Maria Bakalova in BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM: DELIVERY OF PRODIGIOUS BRIBE TO AMERICAN REGIME FOR MAKE BENEFIT ONCE GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
Glenn Close in HILLBILLY ELEGY
Olivia Colman in THE FATHER
Amanda Seyfried in MANK
Yuh-Jung Youn in MINARI
There still were some very strong movies and performances in a year where most movie theaters were shut down.
I didn't see everything this year like I usually try to do, but I loved Minari, Nomadland, Soul, Chadwick Boseman, and Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Women, but in the major categories, it's up for grabs.En
